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Abstract #0943

Performance Analysis of the Two Spectroscopic Imaging Sequences LRE and EPSI

Rudolf Fritz Fischer1, Kilian Weiss1, Christof Baltes1, Markus Rudin1, Peter Boesiger1, Sebastian Kozerke1

1Swiss Federal Institute of Technology and University Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland


We compare the sensitivity of the two spectroscopic imaging sequences Echo Planar Spectroscopic Imaging (EPSI) and Linear Response Equilibrium (LRE), a steady state free precession sequence with intrinsic suppression of periodic bands. Simulations and phantom experiments were performed revealing a good SNR performance of LRE especially at low spectral bandwidth.